(RICHMOND) With the 2023 legislative session underway, one Virginia lawmaker is proposing that a fetus should count as a passenger.

Republican Delegate Nicholas Freitas is sponsoring a bill that would codify a pregnant person as two people, meaning they can legally drive in the High Occupancy Vehicle lanes found in larger metro areas.  That would require the driver to show “proof of pregnancy” by having it “certified” through the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The bill reads that those certifications would be linked to toll-collection devices like E-Z Passes.

A similar bill proposed last year in Texas died in the House.